Game



1. W. HALL.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1920. 1,407,027, Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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GAME.

Specioation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

To all lwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Game, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to game boards or the like, and it is theprimary object of the invention to provide a game including a spinningelement adapted to contact with upright game pieces, to knock the sameover uncovering certain numerals indicating points. n

A further object of the invention is to provide a pluralit of partitionsadapted to be engaged by t e spinning element, the spinning elementbeing constructed to cause the same to rebound when the same contactswith a partition, to knock over a game piece standing in the path oftravel of the spinning element.

A still further object of the invention is to provide restrictedopenings within the partitions, whereby the spinning element may passbehind a partition to contact with the game pieces located at the rearthereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of a gameboard and the pieces positioned thereon.

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 illustrates a detail view of a partition, disclosing theopenings formed therein.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the game board is indicated by thereference character 5, which gameboard includes side walls 6 and 7, andend walls 7 and 8, the end wall 8 however being provided with a suitableopening 9 for purposes to be hereinafter more fully described.

A partition 10 extends transversely' of the game board and has itsextremities connected to the side walls 6 and 7, the partition beinghowever disposed in spaced relation with the end wall 7, to rovide acompartment therebetween, there eing suitable openings lndicated at 11,and formed in the partition 10, to permit a spinning game piece to enterthe compartment to contact with the pins indicated at 12, which arepositioned therein, and which pins normally cover numerals indicatingpoints of the game.

Ad'acent the forward portion of the game boar 5, and arranged atopposite sides thereof are the longitudinal partition members 13 and 14respectively, each of which has its forward extremity connected to theend wall 8 in any suitable manner, there being provided a partitioningmember 15 j which connects the rear end of the respective partitioningmembers 13 and 14, to its side wall, forming compartments at the forwardportion of the game board.

These partitioning members 13, 14 and 15, are provided with openingsindicated at 16, which openings are also of formations to permit thespinning game piece to enter the compartment to contact with the uprightgame pieces 17 which are positioned therein, and which also normallycover numerals indicating points of the game.

The spinning element is top-like in formation, and includes a spinningstem 18 and a bearing member 19, the bearing member being designed to bepositioned in the curved portions 20 and 21 of the transverselyextending bars 22, which are disposed adjacent to the opening 9 tosupport the spinning element in close proximit to the opening, to permitthe operation o the same.

The body portion of the spinning element is disk-like in formation, andis disposed adjacent to the upper extremity of bearing 19, the bodyportion being indicated by the reference character 23, and as shown, isprovided with a plurality of notches 24, formed in the peripher thereof,which notches will contact wit the corners of the walls of the openings16 and 11` to cause the spinning element to change its path of traveland to rebound with increased orce.

It might be further stated however that game pieces identical with thoseindicated by thereference characters 12 and 17 are positioned betweenthe partitions 10, 13, 14 and 15, as indicated by Figure 1 of thedrawing, which game pieces may also be engaged bythe spinning element toknock the same over.

In the use of the game board, a cord is wound tightly around thespinning stem 18 of the spinning element, the bearing member 19 thereofis now held into position within the curved portion 20 which holds thespinning stem 18 within the curved portion 2l. The cord, which isindicated 1n the present showing by the reference character 25 is nowdrawn through the opening 9 to cause the spinning element to spin, withthe result that the same will move over the game board and throughcertain openings of the partitions, knockin over the game piecessupported therein.

en the spinning element has ceased spinning the numerals uncovered bythe game pieces which have been knocked over, are added, and theoperation repeats until the number uncovered in this manner haveaggregated a predetermined amount.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new is:

game apparatus including a game board, partitioning members supported bythe game board, each of said partitioning members having openings formedtherein andpresenting abrupt corners, game pieces supported on the gameboard at the rear of the partitioning members and directly opposite theopenings, a spinning element including a central body portion havinnotches formed in the periphery thereo said spinning element adapted topass through the openings of the partitioning members and engage thegame pieces, and the walls of the notches adapted to engage the cornersof the openings of the partitloning members to cause the spinningelement to move in an irregular path. p

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signa.- ture in the presence of a witness.

JOHN W. HALL. Witness: l p

Ivr E. SIMPSON.

